Microstructural and thermophysical properties of U–6 wt.%Zr alloy for fast reactor application
Author(s): Arun Kumar, Joydipta Banerjee, K. Ravi, M. R. Nair, R. P. Singh, Santu Kaity, Smruti Dash, T. R. G. Kutty
Thermophysical properties of a uranium-6 wt. % zirconium alloy were investigated at high temperatures to evaluate the performance of the alloy as a driver fuel for a liquid-metal cooled fast reactor. ...
Keywords: differential scanning calorimeter, Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), Dilatometry, DSC, EDS, Energy Dispersive Spectroscope, Energy Dispersive Spectroscope (EDS), Hot Hardness, Metallographic Analysis, Nuclear Fuel, Scanning Electron Microscope, Scanning electron microscope (SEM), SEM, Specific Heat, Thermal Conductivity, TPS Technique, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method, X-ray Diffraction, X-ray diffraction (XRD), XRD
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